My Perfect Mind NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (1)
Critic Reviews (55)
"Although towards the end things seem to become a bit disjointed and the energy begins to dissipate slightly, the production as a whole is a solid one and it is also very touching due to its autobiographical nature...'My Perfect Mind' offers the audience the rare opportunity to take a peek inside the mind of an actor."
Read more
"Petherbridge plays the consummate classical actor with aplomb, and Hunter is mesmerizing: exquisitely mercurial, he’s the perfect foil as well as The Fool, and it’s largely due to the infectious charm and comedic brilliance of his many-faceted performance that the piece can be forgiven much of its self-indulgent luvviness...that 'My Perfect Mind' manages to be both poignant and honest about aging and illness, and the precarious nature of recovery."
Read more
"There is an earnest intent behind ‘My Perfect Mind’s' madcap cocktail of memory and imagination, but its celebration of a life in the theatre is the very antithesis of stuffy luvvie backslapping. Spry as he is, odds are this will be Petherbridge’s last great role, but talk about a blaze of glory."
Read more
"Edward Petherbridge’s greatest artistic achievement may well be this invigoratingly odd account, first seen here last year, of his doomed attempt to play 'King Lear'."
Read more
"All this, however, is handled with the most enormous sense of folly...For all it’s foolish, it’s hugely tender and for such a multi-faceted, fragmented show, it also moves with immense fluidity – a real credit to Kathryn Hunter’s keen-eyed direction. But it’s the layers of thought and the lightness of touch that makes 'My Perfect Mind' such an exquisite treat of a show."
Read more
"It's a gently hilarious, intermittently (and understatedly) haunting double-act piece which plays sometimes daft, sometimes pointed variations on the Lear/Fool dynamic and is superbly directed...Through the luvvie-guying laughter, there is the always the chance of some situation arising that will crystallise a slightly disconcerting connection with Shakespeare's tragedy and balance the exquisite lightness of the show with a sudden intimation of depth."
Read more
"The entire show gurgles with merriment as it skewers luvvydom, pokes fun at conceptual art and offers tongue-in-cheek advice to theatre-makers on how to treat the audience...The theatrical in-jokes would wear thin, were it not for the fact that Petherbridge's mixture of bravado and frailty brings real heart to the enterprise...A funny, moving reminder that however much we aspire to be the king, we are all fools in one way or another."
Read more
"Charming, sometimes very funny and occasionally bizarre...There are moments where the show edges towards being a parody of a high-concept dramatic provocation. Yet it is much more than that, suggesting the way performers are haunted — not just by the achievements of their predecessors but by ghostly intimations of where their own careers might have led. It’s a celebration of theatre’s special capacity to 'stab at the truth' in a way that seems difficult in real life."
Read more